Amarillo Gazette

Office of Capital and Forensic Writs paid an average compensation of $70,043 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full-time were included.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Benjamin Wolff	$148,510
2	Maro Robbins	$100,107
3	Lacey Singleton	$83,000
4	Tara Witt	$82,244
5	Ashley Steele	$77,100
6	Sarah Brandon	$75,044
6	Kelsey Peregoy	$75,044
8	Rachel Manning	$68,123
9	Mark Fuller	$67,000
9	Michelle Ward	$67,000
11	Bonnie Bacarisse	$66,123
12	Torrance Castellano	$65,000
13	Rhiannon Hamam	$63,407
14	Alexis Telfair-Garcia	$61,680
15	Sandra Justice	$60,532
16	Courtney Lewis	$58,596
16	Thomas Lombardo	$58,596
18	Devon Greenwood	$58,123
18	Hector Hernandez	$58,123
20	Charlotte Davis	$58,123
21	Ashley Salinas	$49,469
22	Millan Das	$40,000